Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:15:29 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: nate@root.org Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, ache@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/fortune fortune.c Message-ID: <20050723.131529.31252138.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <42E29269.4030305@root.org> References: <20050723182455.6AD3516A442@hub.freebsd.org> <42E29269.4030305@root.org>
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Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
: > ache 2005-07-23 18:24:47 UTC
: >
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files:
: > games/fortune/fortune fortune.c
: > Log:
: > My change, namely srandomdev() addition, was backed out even without
: > discussing with me, and I obviously disagree seeing that afterwards
: > (srandomdev() back out not fix any thing, it can only mask the problem).
: >
: > So, back out the back out and return srandomdev().
: >
: > People who have problems with repeated quotes should use -D fortune
: > option for debugging to see is the problem in (1) /dev/random initialization
: > or in (2) fortune code itself.
:
: A bug in initializing /dev/random is a security issue and not one to be
: taken lightly. I hope whoever is affected by this puts some effort into
: debugging it.
Agreed. Andrey did the right thing here. If we have /dev/random
problems, we need to find, fix and destroy them, not kludge around it
with 1980's microsecond technology.
Warner
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